Ezekiel 24


Ezekiel 24 is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book is attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter contains Ezekiel's "last oracle against Jerusalem".

Text

The original text of this chapter was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 27 verses.

Textual witnesses

In the Hebrew Masoretic tradition, some early manuscripts which contain the text of this chapter are the Codex Cairensis, Aleppo Codex, and Leningrad Codex. Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, 4Q75 with extant verses 2-3.
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus. There are a number of places in this chapter where the Septuagint text lacks wording present in the Hebrew texts.

Verse 1

Cross reference: ; ;
On the death of his wife, the prophet abstains from all mourning, providing "a sign of the silent stupefaction which the news of the city’s fall will occasion".

Verse 24

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